Donovan Singletary
2021Verdi: Don Carlo
Gary Halvorson, Nicholas Hytner
Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya
Family jealousy, threat of rebellion, political back-stabbing and the Inquisition weigh heavy on the court of King Phillip II. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where a number of heretics are to be burnt at the stake.
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
Strauss: Salome
Barbara Willis Sweete
Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss’s groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.
Strauss: Salome
The Metropolitan Opera: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Gary Halvorson
Angel Blue, Eric Owens
The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles. Director James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row, a setting vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
